Izaak Beekman
HPC Scientist at ParaTools, Inc.
Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIzaak Beekman is an HPC scientist and doctoral candidate in fluid mechanics at Princeton University with 12 years of experience bridging high-performance computing and computational fluid dynamics. He studies compressible turbulent boundary layers via direct numerical simulation, contributes to advanced numerical schemes like WENO and wavelet collocation, and has a hands-on mastery of modern Fortran, MPI, HDF5 and efficient computing workflows. At ParaTools he blends software engineering with cloud/HPC partnership development and led a NASA Phase I SBIR as PI, demonstrating both research depth and program leadership. An active open-source contributor, he improved Python 3 compatibility and documentation tooling for Fortran code in the popular ford project, reflecting his focus on reproducible scientific software. Based in Newton, MA, he is also intrigued by orbital mechanics and hybrid rocket motor combustion, signaling a curious, cross-disciplinary technical outlook.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, B.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The George Washington UniversityMaster's degree, Fluid Mechanics, Master's degree, Fluid Mechanics at Princeton University
English
Github Skills (8)
fortran10
python10
documentation10
jinja29
urllib8
shutil8
regex8
static-analysis7
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford
Jan 2015 - Jul 2021
Automatically generates FORtran Documentation from comments within the code.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 2 PRs, 52 comments in 6 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Izaak primarily contributed to the `ford` project, which automatically generates FORtran documentation. Their commits focused on enhancing the project's compatibility with Python 3, including changes to the output generation process and string handling within the code. They also addressed bugs, such as those related to handling backslashes within character default values and implementing fixes for the `sourceform` code. The user implemented features and updates to improve the documentation generation process.
fortran-languagedocumentation-generatordocumentation-toolcompilefortran
jacobwilliams/slsqp
Jan 2016 - Jan 2023
Modern Fortran Edition of the SLSQP Optimizer
Contributions:13 releases, 139 commits, 31 PRs in 7 years 1 month
fortran-package-managermodern-fortranoptimizationconstrained-optimizationfortran
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